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The 10-Minute Resume Test: Can I Tell What You Were Responsible For?

Okay. Pull up your resume. I want you to look at it with me for 10 minutes. If you rewrote a bullet after my LinkedIn post Tuesday night, keep that one open. It gets tested today. I've read 500 educator resumes since spring, and I keep running into the same problem. I can tell the person worked ...

by Stephanie Yesil — Sep 12, 2026

7 Corporate Roles You Might Be Scrolling Right Past

Let me save you a whole lot of scrolling. Some corporate job titles sound like they were assembled by pulling words out of a hat. Then you open the posting and think, “Wait. I know this work.” In my last JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! source set, I sorted 1,467 listings. Across my last two weeks of reading p...

by Stephanie Yesil — Sep 05, 2026 corporate careers implementation job search training

Some of the best job leads are hiding here.

The Challenge We're Solving Today Some of the best job leads I’m seeing right now are coming from companies teachers usually overlook. I was going through fresh openings this week and found a Customer Service Instructional Designer at Chewy. Then a Learning & Development Specialist at Reddy Ice....

Aug 29, 2026

Before You Learn AI, Learn the Job

You have no idea. I mean that literally. You have no idea what the job you’re applying for actually exists to accomplish. And I think that is making your career change much harder than it needs to be. (Okay... maybe not you personally, but a ton of career changers, for sure.) I spend a LOT of ti...

Aug 22, 2026

Why You’re Qualified But Still Not Getting Interviews

I want you to try something before you decide you need another certification or degree to get noticed by hiring teams. Open your resume and search for these words: supportedhelpedassistedcollaboratedpartneredcontributed Then, every time you find one, ask yourself: What was I actually responsible...

Aug 15, 2026

"I'm a teacher. What else can I do?" Stop asking AI this.

Okay. Be honest with me. At some point you typed this into ChatGPT: "I'm a teacher. What else can I do?" And it gave you a list. Instructional designer. Corporate trainer. Project coordinator. Customer success. You felt excited...for about ten minutes. Then it hit you. That same list would come ...

Aug 08, 2026

You're Going to Be OK.

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Aug 01, 2026

There’s a better way to say “I’m passionate about helping people."

You're probably not writing “I’m passionate about helping people” in the middle of your resume. You're writing it the top of your professional summary or in the first lines of your LinkedIn About section. That makes total sense. You want the person reading your profile to know the #1 thing that ...

Jul 25, 2026

“I Taught Students” Is Not Enough

If most of your experience happened only between you and your students, you're seriously undermining your own career change. Sure, you've taught students. Duh. Created curriculum. Obviously. Updated resources. Managed behavior. Tracked academic progress. That all takes skill. Absolutely, 1000...

Jul 18, 2026

I’m Angry I’m Not Standing Out. What Should I Do?

Let’s talk about the part of the job search that makes people want to throw the laptop across the room. You know you can do the job. You know you’ve handled harder things than half the job descriptions you’re reading. You know you’re smart, capable, organized, adaptable, and good with people. An...

Jul 11, 2026

Better Job Boards for Transitioning Teachers

You may be looking for your next role in too few places. Most transitioning teachers start with LinkedIn, Indeed, and maybe a few education sites. That’s fine. But it is not enough. Your next role may be on a startup board, remote board, EdTech board, nonprofit board, sales board, freelance boar...

Jul 04, 2026

Got Ghosted? Do This Then Move On.

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